A miscellaneous assortment of material from Shoup's varied career as Idaho territorial legislator, territorial and later state governor, and U.S. senator. Included is a copy of a diary kept during Shoup's military campaigns in Colorado, New Mexico...

Account books (1870-1897), pertaining to a general store and saloon operated by Meyers Cohn in Malad, Idaho; deeds, certificates, maps and various legal documents pertaining to the Meyers Cohn and Sons Ranch, near Arimo, Idaho; an account book...